“When it’s for myself, the work I do in the studio is a combination of inkjet images behind a sculptural piece. And the sculptural piece, in the last decade or so, has included some wood and some plywood. The ones with the small vessel in front are the...
“This duo work is probably one of the most exciting things I’m doing right now. Pax duo is me and Tristan Swihart, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. He grew up in this area, and he went to Northridge. I was his teacher there for five years, beginning when I...
“I’m from El Salvador. I was born there and raised there until I was 21. I moved here in 2013. I stopped making things, and I stopped drawing when I moved here. Then I just wanted to study somewhere. Before moving here, I studied architecture in my country, but...
“With watercolor, it’s just the simplicity that I love. And I feel like I can express more with colored pencils than with just ink. I mostly draw flowers – just what I’m good at – but I will draw other things. I’ve shared a photo of a piece....
“Music is a social art. Choirs are particularly social. But the legacy of segregation means choirs are not usually mixed racially in substantial ways. That impacts the choices made about repertoire and the music people hear in churches, temples, and schools. I...
“I played around with clay in elementary school like everyone else — pinch pots, and whatever. But it wasn’t until college when I studied with Merrill Krabill my sophomore year, that learned hand-building and how to throw. Then I was hooked. It was so...
